State's Hospitals See Growth Spurts in Investments

Kentucky’s major hospital systems are going big, making high-profile, technology-forward capital investments across the commonwealth. Josh Shepherd of The Lane Report writes that every sector of the state is part of the hospital boom. The state's cumulative total of investment since 2010 is roughly a billion dollars, notes Shepherd, and has meant hundreds of construction and, soon, medical and other hospital-related jobs. Here's the list of the most notable construction projects now under way:

Owensboro Medical Health System, $385 million, a new complex (pictured, above) that will allow expansion for the next 50 years, completion date: summer 2013.